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- SYDNEY OLYMPICS:
The head of the International Olympic Committee has declared
Sydney ready to host the Olympics, which are due to open
tomorrow. There have been teething problems with transport.
Journalists were unhappy with his answers to questions about
drugs and corruption in the IOC.

- S11: Melbourne police
have launched an internal inquiry after a protestor was
knocked down and run over by a police car outside the World
Economic Forum last night.

NEW CRIME STATS: Reported crime
is on the rise, but police are solving more crimes. Violent
crime has gone down, but homicides rose slightly. Speed, or
methamphetamine, is behind a rise in drug busts in New
Zealand, Police say.

CANNABIS DECRIMINALISATION: There is
concern among Maori organisations over calls to
decriminalise marijuana. Only 35% of Maori organisations
support decriminalising marijuana.

PETROL PROTESTS: Police
and army escorts have been helping tankers through
protester’s blockades in Britain, as truck drivers and
farmers campaign to try to get the government to reduce
petrol tax, to ease the rising price of crude oil. The
petrol crisis has prompted panic buying in Britain, forcing
supermarkets to ration supplies.

In Europe, the French
Government capitulated to protesters demands, but blockades
have spread through Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany,
and other European countries are expected to
follow.

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